RE: [PATCH 0/5] timers: description

From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Mon Mar 28 2005 - 14:14:12 EST


On Sat, 26 Mar 2005, Chen, Kenneth W wrote:

> Oleg Nesterov wrote on March 19, 2005 17:28:48
> > These patches are updated version of 'del_timer_sync: proof of
> > concept' 2 patches.
>
> I changed schedule_timeout() to call the new del_timer_sync instead of
> currently del_singleshot_timer_sync in attempt to stress these set of
> patches a bit more and I just observed a kernel hang.
>
> The symptom starts with lost network connectivity. It looks like the
> entire ethernet connections were gone, followed by blank screen on the
> console. I'm not sure whether it is a hard or soft hang, but system
> is inaccessible (blank screen and no network connection). I'm forced
> to do a reboot when that happens.

Same problems here with occasional hangs w/o changes to schedule_timeout.

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